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1st settlement took place in Jamestown, Virginia in1607
Before, the rest of the territory was unknown and unchartered to the settlers. -
Between 1775 and 1783, the 13 colonies united against Britain in the American Revolutionary War. -
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
The treaty was signed in Paris by the United State of America in September 1783 to officially end the American Revolutionary War.
The treaty set boundaries between the British Empire in North America and the USA. -
The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United State, the land was already inhabited by the native, this flux caused conflict and, eventually, war.
Napoleon sold the Louisiana Purchase to the Americans on april 30, 1803 for 15$ million. -
The goal of this expedition was to discover the Northwest Passage, an all water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, to document geography, animals and plant life and finally, meet the Native Americans . -
The expedition returned home on September, 3rd 1806 and represented Two years, four months, and ten days from their departure from Camp Wood of the Missouri to their return to St. Louis at journey's end. -
The Indians Removal Act obliged the moving to the native American to preset reservation in 1839 -
The pioneers in the 1840’s braved a series of dangers on their way to the West.
In fact, from the 1840s to 1870s, between 300.000 to 400.000 pioneers braved the Oregon trail to find a new life in the west, crossing 2000 miles from Missouri to Oregon. -
The discovery of gold in California in 1848 led to thousands of prospectors heading west hoping to get rich. -
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery. -
The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant at the Battle of Appomattox Court House. -
The wagon was the only way to get to the west before the railroad.
The railroad were seen as the progress.